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Furcaspis costulariae Hardy & Williams, 2018 (Diaspididae: Furcaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Furcaspis costulariae Hardy & Williams 2018: 51. Type data: NEW CALEDONIA: Mont d’Or, roadside fountain, on Costularia chamaedendron (=Lophoschoenus sp), 8/24/1963. , female, by original designation Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Systematics: http://zoobank.org/192624C6-9DD1-483D-9BF1-88B2F6388D9E Furcaspis costulariae is similar to F. cyphokantiae Williams & Miller and F. matileae Williams & Miller. The adult female of F. cyphokantiae differs from that of F. matileae by having (1) gland tubercles on the venter of the mesothorax; (2) sclerotized lateral areas on the thorax; and (3) medial lobes that are closer together, and more similar in size and shape to the other lobes on the pygidium. The adult female of F. costulariae can be distinguished by having (1) only four long setae on the antenna (5–8, but usually six in F. cyphokantiae and F. matileae); (2) 23–26 gland tubercles, with only 2–3 on the mesothorax (tubercles absent from mesothorax, of M. matileae, and total 36–40 in M. constulariae); (3) uniformly sclerotic cuticle, and (4) lacking discernible paraphyses, although they may simply be impossible to detect against the background of sclerotic cuticle on the pygidial margin. (Harcy & Williams, 2018)
• Structure: Adult female presumed to secrete scale cover. Body broadest at mesothorax (1.23 mm); body outline turbinate (margin of head and thorax almost circular, abdomen tapering to truncate pygidium), margin of pre-pygidial abdominal segments slightly convex. Pygidium wider than long, with three lobes on each side. Median lobes longer than wide, each with rounded apex, separated by ~2.5× their width. L2 and L3 as long as median lobe but broader, with more truncate apex. (Hardy & Williams, 2018)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Hardy & Williams, 2018.

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